The Dispute Index

Helen Webberley

Helen Webberley is a British doctor, medical educator and founder of GenderGP. She writes and speaks about gender identity and healthcare for transgender and gender-diverse people.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Helen Webberley on Health Care, Political Violence, and Scientific Research, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Helen Webberley

Helen Webberley

Role at the time: Doctor, medical educator and GenderGP founder

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Statement summary

Webberley argues that the report's correlations do not justify treating gender-affirmation support as a cause of radicalisation. She criticizes using that interpretation to shape healthcare policy.

“This is not how evidence-based research works, and it is not how policy affecting trans people's healthcare should be made.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)HHS gender-affirming care radicalisation claimWebberley's response to NPR's account of the report
Why we used this label

Relative to the HHS report's claim linking gender-affirmation support with authoritarianism and violence, the speaker criticizes its methods, framing or use.

Read statementDoes the HHS report support linking gender-affirming guidance to authoritarianism and violence justification?

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